Category: Linked
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A Boring Garden For a Boring Building
http://curbed.com/archives/2008/04/24/curbedwire_springtime_in_the_garden_of_karl_brown_harris_sued_for_discriminating_against_families.php
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Not So Luxury
http://ny.therealdeal.com/articles/court-decisions-clear-way-for-more-shoddy-development-lawsuits
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Happy Brithday, WFMU
WMFU is 50 years old today. Celebrate by downloading a podcast or listening to an archive show. And give them some money.
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Lancaster Out
As reported everywhere, Department of Buildings Commissioner Patricia Lancaster resigned today. I’ve harped repeatedly on the failings of DOB, but don’t see this as much more than blaming the messenger. As many of the commenters at City Room noted, Lancaster inherited an incredibly dysfunctional agency, and did much to turn it around. Interestingly, DOB seems…
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ExxonMobil Greenwashing Greenpoint?
The irony here is quite rich – ExxonMobil, the company that is (mostly) responsible for the oil plume that sits beneath Greenpoint is sonsoring today’s Go Green Earth Day celebrations at McCarren Park. The notice is very last minute, but when some local activists found out about this, they decided a protest of some sorts…
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Northside Piers Secures Financing
http://ny.therealdeal.com/articles/toll-brothers-secures-157m-for-williamsburg-project
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Dermot Buys on the Southside
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=5&id=19902